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Show MOKM.NO TKLKGKAMS CONDENSED, The Pan Americans went to Mt. Vernon Ver-non yesterday as tho guests of Secretary Limine. A fight 'occurred vesterdav between Mexican troops ami Yaqui Indians, in which the Mexicans lost one officer and two. soldiers. Miss Abby Moore Goodwin, professor of Latin and Greek at -Vassal- college, died last night. Samuel F. Picrson, late commissioner for tho trunk Hues at New York, who lias been seriously ill for several weeks, died last night. Kd. Rosewater, tho editor of the Omaha Bee, was tried at Tekamah, Nebraska, yesterday, on a charge of disturbing a religious meeting, but was acquitted. The trial at Denver of Collier & Cleveland, Cleve-land, public printers, and Secretary of State Rice, bu a charge of conspiracy to defraud tho state, was commenced yesterday. Documents . embodying plans for a mobilization of Russian troops on the German and Austrian frontiers, in the event of war, have been stolen from the war ollico at St. Petersburg. lion. Francis Dana Steilinan. of Boston, Bos-ton, died at his homo yesterday morning, morn-ing, aged Hi) years. Steilinan was the last surviving grandson of William Kt-lery, Kt-lery, ono of the signers of tho declaration declara-tion of independence, and a son of lion. William Stcdman. Continuous rains have fallen all over Texas for three days past, and the rivers riv-ers and bayous in many places are over their banks. Bridges are swept away and travel is delayed. A great deal (if stock in the lowlands has been drowned, but uoa loss of life is yet , reported. The legislature of Illinois has enacted a law which requires the officers of all state and county institutions to purchase native livestock for consumption. The law defines native live stock to be those which have been in the state ten days before being killed. A Chicago jury last night awarded the death penalty to W. E. Purdy, for the murder of Samuel Keinuinger. Not a muscle moved in I'urdy's face as he heard the verdict. The murdered man was I'urdy's friend, and the evidence in the case was largely circumstantial. In the Republican convention of the Sixth congressional district of Indiana yesterday, State Senator Henry Johnson John-son whs nominated for cougress to succeed suc-ceed Hon. Thomas Browne, the present incumbent. Negotiations for the establishment of a steamship line between Taconia, China and Japan ports have been under way for some time. George Gould, president of the lJaeifie Mail Steamship company, said yesterday that his only information about the proposed stidsidy was derived from tho published dispatches. dis-patches. Advises from the Chickasaw Indian Nation say that a large band of "White Caps" raided a wide section of the southern part of the reservation last night, whipped a number of men and gave them notice to quit tho nation in Bve days. A number of other persons, who were not whipped, were notified to lenvo in ten days. The people notilled to leave are preparing to move into Texas. A apodal from' New Haven, Conn., says: Wilson Waddingham, tho New-Mexico New-Mexico cattle king, has returned to his million dollar residence at West Haven. As recently told, he obtained a divorce from his first wife about a month ago, and was soon afterward married in New Mexico to Miss Mamie Barrows. It was believed that they would live in New-Mexico, New-Mexico, but they have surprised every one by coming back here. Advices from St. Petersburg arc to the effect that the high Russian authorities authori-ties view with unreserved disapproval the proposed presentation to the czar of remonstrances from America and Fmgland against the cruelties in Siberia, and that the remonstrances will meet with a snubbing similar to that with which like communications were received re-ceived when the murderers of the late Emperor were reported to have been tortured in their cells. A strikingly handsome-girl of 18 is claimed ns a daughter by three different differ-ent persons in Brooklyn, including an elder in a Methodist church, a grain broker and a very respectable ami wealthy widow. A short time ugo the girl discovered that Louisa Seymour was not her real name. She had been taken from a foundling asylum when two months old and adopted into a family by Mrs. Seymour, ami who her parents arc the girl has not the faintest notion. Couutv Clerk George W. Earn and County Commissioners I). C. Sullivan, (! L. Green and F. L. Lciihart, and J. I) Harbor, I). A. Robinson and George Dougherty, of Ulyscss, Kan., were arrested ar-rested for swindling the county, A bounty boun-ty is offered by tho county for won scalps. It is charged that tho four citizens last mentioned conspired con-spired with tho county clerk am commissioners. One of them would present a bag of scalps and get iiis bounlv. The bag would bo put where it could be stolen, aud again presented pre-sented This was repeated till tho county w:cs swindled out of $16 000, representing a quarter of a million scalps. |